Category: General Music

I played some of Carmina Burana for my students recently, and one of them asked me about the history. So I did some research and found out what the story is behind Carmina Burana.  Carmina...

A few years ago, I started to hear about this new term at a conference and went around asking people: What is a music informance?  A music informance is an alternate way to run a musical...

Have you gotten sick of teaching certain songs to your elementary music students?  Are you struggling to sort through the thousands of songs available and pick ones that can make an impact on...

Are you looking into teaching music, especially elementary music and want to know how people do this?  Did you get moved into a music position with no idea where to start?  I get it,...

Are you interested in getting your Kodaly levels, but you’d like to know what it involves first?  Do you want more information on Kodaly training in general before you commit to the...

Have you stopped to think about what exactly a rhythm is?  Are you trying to build your students’ knowledge about rhythms?  When one of my third grade students asked about what...